What's the least you've ever paid for a gallon of gasoline? I've been

sinkingfeeling

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:31 AM
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What's the least you've ever paid for a gallon of gasoline? I've been

reminiscing about my life lately and I remembered the gas wars of times past. I think the least I ever paid for gas was $.17 a gallon during a gas war in the early 1960's.

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burythehatchet

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:34 AM
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1. about 34 cents, early seventies

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madokie

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:35 AM
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2. 21 cents and seen it at 17 before I started to drive

early to mid '60s

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tridim

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:37 AM
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3. 89 cents for high octane, leaded goodness sometime in the mid 80's

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guyanakoolaid

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:37 AM
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4. Let me tell you whippersnappers, I remember when gas was

$1.12 a gallon. Aw, wait, that was only seven years ago.

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Warpy

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:37 AM
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5. $0.09. That was during a gas war in the 60s

when stations in an area would try to undersell each other. The lowest price was the tax at the time, a whopping nine cents a gallon.

I only managed to hit a gas war once, but the car was running on fumes and I was able to take full advantage of ego and stupidity.

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Mrs. Overall

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:38 AM
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6. At some point during Clinton's presidency, gas went down to 89 cents for a brief time.

I learned to drive in the late 70's and can't remember how much gas cost then, but I do recall my dad reminiscing about 15 cent gas prior to WWII.

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femrap

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Thu Apr-24-08 11:02 AM
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28. I remember paying 79 cents when I

lived in KC, MO...that must have been in 1994 or 1995.

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GaYellowDawg

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Thu Apr-24-08 11:43 AM
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38. Yeah, in Murfreesboro TN, I paid 67 cents at that time...

That's just about unimaginable now.

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femrap

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:21 PM
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46. Love your m'peach! nt

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onehandle

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:38 AM
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7. Less than a dollar in the late seventies.

The only specific number I remember was in 1979. $ .79 a gallon for Premium, which was required for the vehicle I drove.

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Proud Liberal Dem

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:38 AM
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8. Close to $1.00 back in the late 90's

Back then it was the summertime and our governor temporarily suspended our gas tax because gas prices were threatening to climb to $2.00. Boy, what I wouldn't give for +/-$2.00/gallon gas now!!!

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shanti

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:39 AM
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9. 75 cents a gallon

i think? i began driving in the early 70's.

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FSogol

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:40 AM
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10. .49 9/10 for Esso

and the sharply dressed pump attendent filled the tank up for me.

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KillCapitalism

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:42 AM
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11. $.92/gallon

This was back in '98-'99. Those were the days! I only made about $7.50 an hour then, but I had no problem being able to afford gas to get around.

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OwnedByFerrets

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:42 AM
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12. .27

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liberal N proud

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:42 AM
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13. When I first started driving it was $.59 or $.69/gal

You didn't pay much attention to it until it about 80 - 85 cents a gallon.

I remember we all thought the world ended when it hit the $1.00 mark. Pumps couldn't even handle the $1.00 cost.

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Winterblues

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:44 AM
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14. I remember when " a dollar's worth" lasted several days...

And cars were not known for good gas mileage back then either...

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caledesi

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:44 AM
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15. 24 cents! Hey, I am old- 601 lol! NT

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hootinholler

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Thu Apr-24-08 12:20 PM
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40. 601 is pretty freakin old!

:rofl:

-Hoot

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caledesi

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Fri Apr-25-08 10:12 AM
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52. I meant 60. Still...NT

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MADem

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:45 AM
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16. About ten cents or so, but not in the USA! NT

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TalkingDog

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:45 AM
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17. I was 12 and getting gas for the lawn mower.

It was one shiny quarter. I put it in a milk jug.

I thought: Wow, gas is CHEAP!

Yes. Yes it was.

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flor de jasmim

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:45 AM
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18. 29 cents (this is a sneaky way of getting our age!)

I remember the jump in 1973 to 59 cents - what an outrage!

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Another Bill C.

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:45 AM
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19. 19.9 cents

And they pumped it for you, cleaned the windshield, checked the oil, checked the tires, and let you pick out a dish or a drinking glass as a premium.

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lazer47

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:47 AM
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20. I was stationed in the Phillipines in '67,, had a MG MIdget,

Gas was 7.9 cents a gal. on Clark Field,, filled up for a $ 1.00 and got 2 cents change

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predfan

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:48 AM
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21. 14.9 cents , pumped into my 64 VW, 1970, Murfreesboro Tn. gas wars

Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 10:51 AM by predfan

Minimum wage was $1.60 an hour, and I was making $1.85 (with a 15 cent third shift premium)
I remember it so well because we'd gotten married in August, and this was just a few weeks later. BTW, regular paricing was 29.9 cents per gallon, so that 14.9 was big.

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Raejeanowl

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:51 AM
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22. Five Dollars

Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 10:53 AM by Raejeanowl

Used to get me a fill-up AND lunch at McDonalds-how about that? Late 60s.

Back in those days, I was also making $125 a week, renting a very nice three-bedroom townhouse for $135 a month, and buying (whole) chicken for 19 cents a pound.

Oh God, I'm so old!

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MadinMo

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:52 AM
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23. $0.18 or $0.19 a gallon --- maybe $0.17.

Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 10:53 AM by MadinMo

When I was a kid (ok so I didn't personally pay these prices), my mother would pull into the gas station and ask for $2.00 worth of regular. That would take us a long way, and I'm guessing nearly filled the tank.

I clearly remember the station signs during gas wars that advertised less than $0.20 a gallon. My dad would drive clear across Kansas City to Independence to a cheaper station in order to save a penny or two a gallon.

Oh and this would have been during the 1960s.

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bemildred

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:57 AM
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24. LOL. Who remembers "Gas wars"? nt

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NCDem60

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Thu Apr-24-08 11:04 AM
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30. I do. IRAQ (NT)

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Serial Mom

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:59 AM
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25. Just filled up today and thought this same thing when it hit $5.00

and I saw it was at 1.3 gallons!

We could fill up for about $5.00 when I started driving - about $.30/gallon

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femrap

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:59 AM
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26. I think it was 25 cents

back in 1968 or 1969. We had a white '66 mustang....what a dream of a car. I learned to drive with that baby.

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Rosemary2205

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:59 AM
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27. 26 cents

I think it was late 60's. I was in HS - Dad's car - my Dad made somewhere around $2 an hr at the time I think (could be wrong on that)

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slackmaster

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Thu Apr-24-08 11:03 AM
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29. Zero, in my misspent youth of the early 1970s

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sinkingfeeling

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Thu Apr-24-08 11:12 AM
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31. But how did you get rid of that 'gas' breath?

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slackmaster

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Thu Apr-24-08 12:42 PM
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43. After doing that once, I included an ear-cleaning bulb with my Oklahoma Credit Card

And that was in the days of LEADED gasoline.

:puke:

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L. Coyote

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Thu Apr-24-08 11:14 AM
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32. I paid $0.17 when a hamburger as $0.19.

Now, more than half the price of hamburger is energy expended to put it on the market, I suspect.

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kestrel91316

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Thu Apr-24-08 11:34 AM
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33. I remember when I was in college in the 70s and my BF was bitching

about gas going up to (GASP!!) $.50 a gallon for a while. That was before I actually had my own car, I think.

I remember gas in the 20s as a kid, I think.

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spanone

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Thu Apr-24-08 11:36 AM
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34. .26 when i was a kid they would have gas wars to see who could undersell the competition

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Dulcinea

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Thu Apr-24-08 11:38 AM
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35. 79 cents/gallon.

Sometime in the mid-90s. I could fill up my Saturn for $10.

I now have a minivan, & it cost me 6 times that to fill it up last week.

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RebelOne

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Thu Apr-24-08 11:41 AM
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36. About 13 cents back in the late 50s.

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GaYellowDawg

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Thu Apr-24-08 11:42 AM
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37. 67 cents, in 1997.

I giggled the whole time at the pump. It felt like I was robbing someone.

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SammyWinstonJack

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Thu Apr-24-08 11:44 AM
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39. $.25 Early sixties.

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hootinholler

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Thu Apr-24-08 12:21 PM
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41. I pumped it at .39, full service, windshield wash, check oil, tire pressure...

I was making like $2/hr.

-Hoot

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Beausoleil

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Thu Apr-24-08 12:33 PM
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42. Early 70's, when I started to drive

it was about 30 cents, although I had a good friend at the Mobil station whose hand would "slip" while pumping my gas and I'd get a couple extra gallons free.

I do remember the gas wars in the 60's when you'd see gas for 15 cents or so.

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Stinky The Clown

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Thu Apr-24-08 12:43 PM
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44. That's the range I was thinking, too ...... 17 .... 18 ..... 19 cents

Back then, gas wars were common and the prices got ridiculously low for short periods.

The gas wars I recall all had to do with a new gas station going in or with a change in ownership. Back then, most gas stations were individually owned, but using a 'corporate image package' (so all, let's say, texaco stations looked the same).

For a buck, we used to cruise all of Saturday night. Four greasers in a car, each having shipped in a quarter for the gas.

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hatrack

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Thu Apr-24-08 12:45 PM
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45. I didn't actually pay it, since I was about eight years old, . . .

But I still remember .20/gallon. Hell, I'm even old enough to remember gas wars, too!

Now, where's my Metamucil, damnit?!?

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SoCalDem

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:22 PM
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47. 19.9...1966 Kansas "gas-wars"

:) ahh for the good ole days

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:24 PM
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48. About $.25, around 1970.

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Initech

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:25 PM
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49. I started driving in 1998. I could fill up the entire tank on $10.

And I was driving a 1991 Volvo 944. It was a great car and a great time to start driving.

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Ilsa

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:26 PM
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50. About 35-40 cents a gallon in the mid 1970's I think. I didn't pay too

much attention to the price -- everyone thought it was outrageous.

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kentuck

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Thu Apr-24-08 10:36 PM
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51. I remember 25.9 cents per gallon just before Vietnam War...

Five bucks could fill up most tanks. Those were the days! But also, five dollars then would be worth about forty dollars now.

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Subdivisions

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Fri Apr-25-08 10:19 AM
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53. .69/gallon around 1980. n/t

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newportdadde

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Fri Apr-25-08 10:24 AM
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54. Last time I paid below a dollar was Dec 8th 2001 - .949, I saved the receipt in my wallet.

I remember joking with my wife that would be the last time we saw gas below a buck.. I wish I had been joking.

I filled up my 99 Mustang with 11 gallons of gas and the total was just 10.60.

Earlier then that I remember paying around 80-85 cents the summer of 98 when I was interning.

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yellerpup

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Fri Apr-25-08 10:34 AM
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55. $.22 in 1967

Gas War in Oklahoma

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wellst0nev0ter

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Fri Apr-25-08 10:40 AM
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56. $1.00, Just Before The Chimp Stole The Presidency.

Nobody could have predicted. . . :sarcasm:

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Aristus

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Fri Apr-25-08 10:46 AM
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57. 90 cents. In February, 1999. Before the oil execs took over the government.

Those were the days...

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